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If u went tru jamb classes,none of this would be problem to u..nice1

Abeg waiter gimme 5 roasted chicken dia, give op him own 3 roasted chicken dia. Add cold satzenbrau o. HE is on point

Blame the Poor educational System.
Buhari doesn't know all these grammar but he is the President of a Country!

Ifey131:
Gracias..The writeup has added to my learning..

Sister...I Know The Write Up Is Splendid, But Language Is Meant For Communicating Regardless Of How Fluent Or Vocabulary Inclined You Are

your number 9 should be
I heard it over the radio

chiraqDemon:
Abeg waiter gimme 5 roasted chicken dia, give op him own 3 roasted chicken dia. Add cold satzenbrau o. HE is on point

Laughs. My friend, we dey watch you and the waiter.. You are valid.

Only1mi:
I don't agree with koboless, because it was or still is our currency and the value of the kobo gives credence to how broke the person is.

Saying you're penniless is acceptable, so why can't we say koboless?

Hey "koboless" is not a good word. "Penniless" is a perfect word. Try to learn standard English, not Nigerian English.

chatinent:
Translation: This soup is ingredient-stuffed sticky.

You can say drool soup.. Draw soup is wrong.

Homeboiy:
your number 9 should be

I heard it over the radio

You are right, also.

Nma27:
Blame the Poor educational System.
Buhari doesn't know all these grammar but he is the President of a Country!

Hello, do you know good communication of language can actually take you far? Do you really know that?

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Op, I totally disagree on #1 point.

If penniless is acceptable, so should koboless . We use naira and kobo here not pound and penny.

elfmann:
You can say drool soup.. Draw soup is wrong.

DROOL is wrong. It strictly means saliva dropping from the mouth. Thanks for reading.

DeeTus:
Hey "koboless" is not a good word. "Penniless" is a perfect word. Try to learn standard English, not Nigerian English.

dats a modified lang. Why do u say 'penny'-less when kobo is our currency??

lomprico:
Op, I totally disagree on #1 point.

If penniless is acceptable, so should koboless . We use naira and kobo here not pound and penny.

Some slang are accepted generally while others are not and regarded as grammatical solecisms.

lomprico:
Op, I totally disagree on #1 point.

If penniless is acceptable, so should koboless . We use naira and kobo here not pound and penny.

The main reason "koboless" is incorrect is simply because it's not a standard currency, unlike dollar and so on.

nice one

benikad:
nice one

I really love this

"poisonous expressions" Has anyone ever been reported dead for making such expressions or listened to them.
Thanks for your observations and corrections though.

benikad:
I really love this

We appreciate.

OP, if you could also instruct Nigerians to stop using 'am' in place of "I'm" or "I am", I would be very grateful.

chatinent:
DROOL is wrong. It strictly means saliva dropping from the mouth. Thanks for reading.

Really?

Nice one
...but since English no be my Mama language, if I speak am another person understand, then I have passed a message...

Sanctecosma:
"poisonous expressions" Has anyone ever been reported dead for making such expressions or listened to them.
Thanks for your observations and corrections though.

No, no one has been reported dead. It isn't a third-party killer; it kills the speaker alone. It is figuratively drifted. Thanks.

ikorodureporta:
dats a modified lang. Why do u say 'penny'-less when kobo is our currency??

In English, there is what is called native English.

Try to learn standard English please and not other way round.

elfmann:
Really?

Yes.

kbzee11:
Nice one
...but since English no be my Mama language, if I speak am another person understand, then I have passed a message...

This is for formality. But sure, if you speak am, person grab, you are valid.

DeeTus:
Hey "koboless" is not a good word. "Penniless" is a perfect word. Try to learn standard English, not Nigerian English.

Be talking your own.

bkool7:
. .
"I am on my way"
means I am just about to start the
journey and "I am on the way" means I
am in the middle of the journey.

I don't think that is correct. The difference is just the possessive noun, 'me' and the definite article 'the'.

chatinent:
Yes.

This is for formality. But sure, if you speak am, person grab, you are valid.

Ielts and toefl don't know that one oh.